A good list. The more hard drive space you can afford, the better. I now have nine drives and about 4 terabytes of space -- and Im running out. I'm going to park some full drives and plug in a few new ones.
Don't think you'll need a monitor shade unless you work in a room where you can't control the light levels. You should be able to get buy with one high quality printer. Didn't you buy a top of the line Epson 13 x 19? That should be adequate if you don't want to print bigger than that carriage allows. You shouldn't need another printer for 4x6 proofs. Just gang them on one sheet of 13 x 19 paper and cut them apart. You can print at a lesser quality if you wish, although I always print photos at a relatively high quality setting. I like Ilford Gold Fibre Silk and Epson Velvet Fine art. I've also been using Epson Exhibition Fibre quite a bit. Atlex.com has it at very good prices, and it's very similar to Gold Fibre Silk -- just slightly heavier stock and a bit more texture. Paul On Mar 12, 2010, at 9:37 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: > I desperately have to get my digital darkroom organized, so I made a quick > list of stuff. Can you guys think of anything that I might be overlooking? > Obviously, some of this stuff I have, some of it will have to wait, but I > thought I'd get a dream list going. If anyone has any suggestions for media > storage, print storage, contact sheet storage, I'd love to know what you guys > do. Also, anything with an (*) means I'm open to suggestions for specific > brands. > > > > Just thought I'd throw this out there. Anybody got a catcher's mit on? :-) > Big cheers, Christine > > > > > > > > *At the Computer* > > -Fast card reader in the tower > > -Double back-up hard drives > > -Good quality monitor-matte screen > > -Monitor Calibration tools > > -Monitor shade > > -Lightroom > > -Photoshop Elements > > -Fast processor/RAM > > -Lots of hard drive space > > -Cd/dvd burner for digital back-up > > > > *Printing* > > -Exhibit quality printer > > -3 full sets of ink for above > > -storage space for above printer parts > > -good stable printer stand > > -printer cover > > -Low-end printer for 4 x 6 proofs > > - full sets of ink for above > > -Paper Stash > > 13 x 19 inch: > > Ilford Gold Fiber Silk > > Epson Velvet Fine Art > > 8 ½ x 11 inch: > > Ilford Gold Fiber Silk > > Epson Velvet Fine Art > > 4 x 6 inch: > > Epson Ultra Premium Glossy > > > > *Print Preparation* > > -High end paper cutter (*) > > -Cutting Mat > > -Xacto type hand cutter > > -Mounting Boards: > > 16 x 20 inch > > 11 x 14 inch > > -Mounting materials (*) > > Photomount Spray? > > Double sided mounting tabs > > > > *Portfolio Stuff* > > -Transport Portfolio (*) > > -Professional Portfolio (*) > > > > *Storage Space* (*) > > -Media storage space > > -Assembly & Tool storage space > > -Table space to spread prints out for drying > > -Storage space for reusable photo envelopes etc > > -storage space for prints, contact sheets, proofs > > of various sizes > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
